Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The February 2021 prison memo sent by Warden Brad Adams was clear. “Effective immediately” inmates in the medium-security, ...

MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A Black high school student in Texas has been punished with an in-school suspension over his hairstyle for over two weeks. The family has argued he is not violating the dress ...

Darryl George, left, a high school junior, and his mother Darresha George, right, talk with reporters before walking across the street to go into Barbers Hill High School after Darryl served a 5-day ...

After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education ...

A Texas superintendent doubled down on the district's decision to punish a Black student who wears dreadlocks for violating its dress code even after being faced with litigation. The superintendent of ...

The battle for the souls of Black folks has been waged on many fronts. Hair has long been among the most contentious, from today’s braids and dreads all the way back to the intricate and symbolic ...

Darryl George, an 18-year-old Black student at Barbers Hill High School, has faced disciplinary action all school year because he wears dreadlocks and has refused to cut them. The school district ...